How to debug and resolve the problem that OpenLDAP service can not start properly?

Issue

LDAP service can not start after the server lost power accidently. When using "service ldap start", from the ouput, it seems that the service starts OK, but when using "service ldap status", the slapd daemon is stopped.

Environment

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

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